Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Kameela Janan Rasheed giving a talk in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Born1985 (age 38–39)
East Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Alma materPomona College
Stanford University (EdM)
Known forContemporary Art, Writing, Education
Notable workHow to Suffer Politely (And Other Etiquette), No Instructions for Assembly
Websitewww.kameelahr.com
at the Institut National d´Histoire de l´art in Paris 2021

Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985) is an American writer, educator, and artist from East Palo Alto, California.[1][2] She is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts known for her work in installations, book arts, immersive text-based installations, large-scale public text pieces, publications, collage, and audio recordings.[3] Rasheed's art explores memory, ritual, discursive regimes, historiography, and archival practices through the use of fragments and historical residue.[4] Based in Brooklyn, NY, she is currently the Arts Editor for SPOOK magazine. In 2021 her work was featured in an Art 21 (New York Close Up) documentary, "The Edge of Legibility."

  1. ^ "Kameelah Janan Rasheed". 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ^ "Muslim Artist Denied Flight by US Airport Security - artnet News". artnet News. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ^ "Statement - Kameelah Janan Rasheed". www.kameelahr.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ^ "Kameelah Janan Rasheed - Lower Manhattan Cultural Council". Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Retrieved 2017-03-12.